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Over the last few years, the future of higher education has dominated much of the public discourse. Increased costs, ballooning student loan debt, and lagging starting salaries for most graduates has caused many Americans to question both the feasibility of achieving of a college degree and the complicated financial aid structure behind it. Many programs and initiatives are underway to ensure college students have the resources they need to succeed: support services for first-generation students, college loan forgiveness, certain \"free\" college programs, and locally here in Cleveland, Say Yes to Education. But this still begs larger questions: Why has paying for college become such a problem? How is the current financial aid system broken, and what are some solutions? Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, author of Paying the Price -- College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream and the \"defender of impoverished students and a scholar of their struggles,\" shares her research.